Silly Bride

Chapter 166

and glanced at Winnie. Flashing a beatific smile, she asked, “You must be Winnie Garland, right? Ms. Garland, I’ve heard about you. You look prettier and more elegant in person.”Winnie had no idea who she was, but it wasn’t nice to be rude to a polite person.With a slight nod, Winnie replied, “Yes, I’m Winnie Garland. You must be Nate’s elder sister.”She had made the assumption as they resembled each other.Hearing her words, the petite lady burst into giggles.Winnie frowned and added quickly, “It looks like I’ve assumed wrongly. I’m sorry.”“No.” The lady beamed in delight. “Do I look that young? Do I look like his elder sister?”Winnie shot her a brief nod and revealed, “You seem to be in your thirties, and you two resemble each other. That was how I came up with the assumption.”The lady chuckled and replied, “Ms. Garland, everyone lavishes praises on you online, but you got things wrong today. I’m actually Nate’s mother. He doesn’t have an elder sister. He only has one elder brother.”Winnie was at a loss for words.“I’m also Xavier’s aunt. You are married to Xavier, so you should call me Aunt Beatrice, too. I’m almost fifty years old,” the lady added.Winnie was rendered speechless. So this lady is Beatrice Fairchild?Back when she read about the Fairchild family, there was a photo of Beatrice Fairchild at a young age. Thus, she didn’t manage to recognize Beatrice at first glance earlier.Beatrice looked around thirty-five or six with her current skin condition and figure. Winnie had to admit that she made a wrong judgment today.“Mom, she’s a scheming woman. Don’t be fooled by her flattering words!” Nate blurted out.He grew alarmed when he realized his mother was chatting with Winnie happily.“Even if she’s flattering me, she’s better than you, who don’t even come home twice in a year!” Beatrice glowered at Nate.She then shot Winnie a smile. “Did you come here alone? Where is Xavier? Why isn’t he with you?”Winnie was about to speak when Nate strode over to Beatrice.“Mom, why do you know everything? Did Xavier tattle on me?” “If you don’t want anyone to know, don’t do it. Look at what you did to Winnie. It has affected her reputation. How are you going to solve it? Five years ago, you got into a fight with Xavier for that woman. Are you going to repeat your actions?”“Mom! Am I even your son? Why are you siding with him?”“I side with anyone but Yulissa White. She isn’t a nice person. I won’t let you hold a grudge against Xavier because of her. If you don’t want to go home with me tonight, I shall keep you company until Xavier arrives. You can talk to him and clear things up,” Beatrice told him sternly.“Ha! What else can they say?” Nate flung Beatrice’s hand away. “They will definitely push the blame onto Yulissa!”“Shut up! Yulissa must’ve cast a spell on you or something. She’s dead but still has control over your mind, huh? Are you stupid?” Beatrice shot him a disappointed glare and stomped her feet. “It’s freezing out here. Open the door and let me in!”Nate didn’t want his mother to freeze outside, so he opened the door to the mansion.Xavier was still on the way, so Winnie wasn’t about to leave just yet.As Nate was stubborn, she didn’t want to talk to him anymore and decided to let his mother try to change his mind for the time being.With that thought in mind, she spun around and returned to her own car.Seeing that, Beatrice grabbed her arm before she could leave.“Winnie. Is it all right for me to call you that? Xavier isn’t here yet. Are you not going to wait for him? Come, let’s go in and have some piping hot tea,” she invited warmly.Prior to this, Winnie had never interacted with Beatrice.She didn’t know what Beatrice was like, or whether Beatrice was pretending to be friendly to her.“No need. Thanks for the invitation, but I’ll wait in my car,” Winnie rejected her invitation coolly but politely.However, Beatrice didn’t release her grip and insisted, “It’s stuffy in the car. We can talk inside.”Winnie’s brows snapped together. “I don’t think we have anything to—”Before she could finish her sentence, the sound of car brakes screeching pierced the night sky.Someone opened the car door and slammed it shut forcefully.Then, a tall man emerged and pulled Winnie away from Beatrice. “Let her go!”“Xavier!”They spoke at the same time. Xavier wore an icy expression, while Beatrice was grinning.“Aunt Beatrice? Why are you here?” It was dark, so Xavier didn’t notice that it was his aunt who was holding Winnie’s arm.“I came here for Nate and decided to stay to wait for you. I didn’t know I’d